3rd Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) 1st Airborne Brigade paratroopers static line jump during Northern Trilogy 2026 at Oujojibara Training Area, Japan, Jan. 16, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt (left) shown in a video (right) stopping a paratrooper from suffering a “catastrophic injury” during a Nov.

Army Airborne troops participated in a static line jump that called for them to jump out of a plane during a training course.

Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt was closely watching as a stream of Army paratroopers hustled out the door of a C-130. As one of the mission’s jumpmasters, Platt stood in the final safety position, closely ...